Join SPARC’s Heather Joseph for a chat with author Sarah Lamdan about the companies that control & monopolize our information. In our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of these “data cartels”, demonstrating how the entities mining, commodifying, and selling our data and informational resources perpetuate social...
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Join copyright scholar PAMELA SAMUELSON for a discussion with historian PETER BALDWIN about THE COPYRIGHT WARS , covering three centuries’ worth of trans-Atlantic copyright battles. Today’s copyright wars can seem unprecedented. Sparked by the digital revolution that has made copyright—and its violation—a part of everyday life, fights over intellectual property have pitted creators, Hollywood, and governments against consumers, pirates, Silicon Valley, and open-access advocates. But...
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From notched bones in the ancient world to self-driving cars powered by modern AI, for centuries humans have used computing systems to solve problems & enhance the way we live. But who are the people and stories behind these advancements? In THE HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER , author and illustrator Rachel Ignotofsky presents a fun-filled & beautifully illustrated journey through computing history, checking in on the notable personalities, organizations & technologies that have changed...
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Join journalist and editor Maria Bustillos in conversation with author Glyn Moody for a discussion about copyright, digital rights and the 21st-century walls blocking access to culture. Resources shared during the discussion: Session chat Download your copy of Walled Culture now! Free ebooks in PDF, ePub and mobi formats, or purchase in print: https://walledculture.org/the-book/ Authors Alliance: https://www.authorsalliance.org/ Check out some of Maria Bustillos’ work on the topic of digital...
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The Internet Archive invites you to a book talk with Edward Wilson-Lee, author of The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World’s Greatest Library , followed by a conversation with Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. Resources shared during the talk: Purchase your copy of The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books from The Booksmith, our San Francisco local bookstore, or your own local bookshop. " What can be Learned from...
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Perfect for book lovers, this is a fascinating exploration of the history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age. Join historian Abby Smith Rumsey for a book talk & conversation with Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen, authors of The Library: A Fragile History . Resources shared during the talk: Purchase your copy of The Library: A Fragile History from The Booksmith, our San Francisco local bookstore, or your own local bookshop. The...
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Join us for a book talk with John Markoff in conversation with journalist Steven Levy ( Facebook: The Inside Story ), on the occasion of Markoff’s new biography, WHOLE EARTH: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand . Links shared during the discussion: Purchase your copy of WHOLE EARTH: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand from The Booksmith, our local bookstore in San Francisco. "Mother of all Demos" presentation from Douglas Engelbart. 1957 film Desk Set - major pop culture treatment of office...
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Lawrence Lessig won't be coming home, exactly, when he appears at the Internet Archive for a talk about his latest book, They Don't Represent Us, on Dec. 17th. The Harvard professor will be coming to a place, however, where he should feel extremely comfortable. He has made defining the rules of the internet one of his life's causes, and that nicely intersects with the Internet Archive, which exists as a treasure trove of the internet's history that sits at the intersection of technology, law...
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What is dataraising and why should nonprofits care? For millennia humans have given time and money to each other and to causes they care about. A few hundred years ago we invented nonprofit organizations and they’ve become a key mechanism in the donation of private resources for public benefit. Now, we can also donate digital data. Organizations such as iNaturalist use donated digital photographs to build communities of nature lovers and inform climate scientists. Other organizations are...
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Virtual book talk with Richard Ovenden about his book, "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge." Richard is joined by Abby Smith Rumsey, writer and historian, as they discuss the history of intentional recorded knowledge destruction.
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The Internet Archive invites you to join in a virtual book talk with authors Deanna Marcum and Roger C. Schonfeld about their new book, "Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization." This session features Deanna and Roger in conversation with Brewster Kahle, the founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive, as they discuss the history of library digitization projects and what these efforts hold for future scholars.
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Join Internet Archive’s senior policy counsel LILA BAILEY in conversation with author BEN TARNOFF about his book, INTERNET FOR THE PEOPLE: THE FIGHT FOR OUR DIGITAL FUTURE . Why is the internet so broken, and what could ever possibly fix it? The internet is broken, Tarnoff argues, because it is owned by private firms and run for profit. Google annihilates your privacy and Facebook amplifies right-wing propaganda because it is profitable to do so. But the internet wasn’t always...
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A discussion with the author of The New Enlightenment, Peter B. Kaufman, and the CEO of Creative Commons, Catherine Stihler. How do we create a universe of truthful and verifiable information, available to everyone? The Internet Archive, Library Futures Foundation, and Creative Commons invite you to join us for a virtual book talk with Peter B. Kaufman , about his book The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge . Peter is joined by Catherine Stihler, CEO of Creative Commons, as they...
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Abby Smith Rumsey talk at the Internet Archive about her book "When We are No More".
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